Cigarette-extinguishing ash tray



' together with a pedestal in said Patented Dec. ll, 1923.

' UNITED STATES PATENT oFFICE.

CIGARETTE-EXTINGUISHING .ASH TRAY.

Application filed Juney 22, 1921. Serial No. 479,593.

To `all whom it-may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. J. HIP- rnE, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Extinguishing Ash Trays, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is the provision of a one piece ash tray formed of porcelain or other material compatible with its purpose and having improved means in which the ends of lighted cigarettes may be supported with a view to choking the cigarettes and effectively extinguishing the same and also with a view to safely holding the cigarettes during and after extinguishing. The choking of the cigarette ends averts further consumption of discarded cigarettes, and obviates all danger of fire.

Another object is the provision of the ash tray characterized as stated and also embodying in the one piece article, rests for cigars, and a holder for a match box casing holder and adapted when a match box casing is placed in the holder to support matches in the casing so that the upper ends of the matches protrude beyond the upper` end of the casing in such manner that they may be readily grasped and removed.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this ,specication:-

Figure l is a perspective of my novel ash tray.

Figure 2 is a. fragmentary vertical section of a portion of the tray, showing one of the sockets to receive the ends of cigarettes.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both views of the drawings.

My novel tray is formed in one piece of porcelain or other appropriate material and comprises among other elements a saucer-like body l, including an inwardly directed and comparatively thick fiange 2 that overhangs the bottom of the body and is separated "therefrom by a considerable space 3 as clearly brought out in Figure 2. Extending vertically through the said overhanging flange 2 at intervals in the length thereof are vertically disposed sockets 4, tapered downwardly and open at their lower ends as indicated by 5 so as to permit the f ree discharge of ashes from said sockets into the interior of the body 1. It will also be apof thelighted end. ,.The sockets are also adapted to safely hold lighted cigarettes. 70

Ashes may be removed by scraping and knocking the end of cigarettes or cigars against the walls of the sockets, the ashes in such cases dropping into the interior of the saucer body.

At points between adjacent sockets 4f, the ange 2 is provided in its upper side with depressions 6 that extend across the Width of the flange and are designed to Serve Aas rests for lighted cigars.

In the present and preferred embodiment of my invention, the tray, in additionto the characteristics described comprises a ped- @stal 7 that is integral with the bottom .of the body l and rises from the. center thereof. Surmounting the therewith is a holder 8, designed to loosely receive the casing of a safety match box and having openings 9 in opposite sides so that access may be gained to the scratching surfaces usually present on such casings. Arranged within the lower portion of the holder 8 and rising from and integral with pedestal 7 and integral` the pedestal 7 is an upwardly extending projection 10, shown partly byfull'lines and partly by dotted lines m Figure vl. The said upward projection l0 is designed when a match box casing is placed in the holder 8, to extend upwardly within the holderso as to support matches in a matchbox casing in such manner that the upper portions of the matches will protrude upwardly beyond the upper ends and holder 8 so that a match may be readily grasped and removed from the casing.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing thatin a single onevpiece article of manufacture I have produced an a wide range of usefulness, and one which is, at the same time, inexpensive, and ornaash tray havingv of the match box casing vmental in ap arance and adapted to be quickly and t oroughly cleaned when occasion demands.

Having described my invention what I claim and desirel to secure by Letters-Patent, 1s:-

1. As a new article of manufacture, an ash tray formed of one piece of material and having a saucer-like body with an overhanging, inwardly-directed flange of comparatively great thickness, arranged with itsl underside spaced from the bottom of the body, and provided at intervals with upright sockets the lower ends of which are open to the interior of the body.

2. As a new article of manufacture, an ash tray formed of one piece of material and having a saucer-like body with an overhanging, inwardly-directed flange of comparatively great thickness, arranged with its underside spaced from the bottom of the body, and provided at intervals with upright sockets the lower ends of which are open to the interior of the body; the said sockets being tapered downwardly, and the flange being also provided in its upper side between two of the sockets with a depression extending throughout the width of the flange and adapted to 'serve as a cigar rest.

3. An ash tray having a saucer-like body with an overhanging relatively thick flange, there being a space between the bottom of the flange and the body, there also being tapered chokmg openlngs extending through the ange.

In testimony whereof I aHix my signature.

WILLIAM II. J. HIPPLE, J n. 

